escalator

英 [ˈes.kə.leɪ.tər]      美 [ˈes.kə.leɪ.t̬ɚ]
  • n. (美)自动扶梯;电动扶梯
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escalator 扶梯

e-, 缓音字母。-scala, 梯子,词源同ascend, echelon.

escalator (n.)
1900, American English, trade name of an Otis Elevator Co. moving staircase, coined from escalade + -ator in elevator. Figurative use is from 1927.
1. I pushed through the crowds and on to the escalator.
我挤出人群,踏上了自动扶梯。
2. I don't like escalator — I'll climb the stairs.
我不喜欢自动扶梯,我要爬楼梯.
3. You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.
你可以搭电梯上去,但要自己走下来.
4. The down escalator is not running today.
今天下行的自动楼梯不开.
5. Go downstairs through Exit B; turn around and take the escalator downstairs.
从B出口下地下, 后转然后乘向下的扶梯.

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